Anne Arundel County police charge man with attempted murder

Police said 29-year-old Louis Vaden was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and several related charges after he dragged his girlfriend through a bonfire.

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Police said 29-year-old Louis Vaden was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and several related charges after he dragged his girlfriend through a bonfire.

Anne Arundel County Police Department

Anne Arundel County police said a man has been arrested and charged with dragging his girlfriend through a bonfire.

Police said a man alerted an officer in in the area of Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park at 12:30 p.m. Monday that his 30-year-old female friend was involved in a confrontation with her boyfriend earlier and might need some help.

Officers then went to the 5900 block of Ritchie Highway to check on the woman. Police said she told them she was violently assaulted earlier in the morning by her boyfriend in a wooded area behind the 6000 block of Ritchie Highway where both were staying.

Investigators said the victim and her boyfriend, identified as 29-year-old Louis Vaden, were involved in a verbal altercation, resulting in the man assaulting her and dragging her through a bonfire.

The victim was transported to Shock Trauma in stable condition.

Police said they later found Vaden in the evening in the 6000 block of Ritchie Highway, where he was taken into custody.

He was charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and several related charges.